Here's everything you need to know about the local election results

Labour general election candidate Gillian Troughton was "devastated" after suffering a shock defeat in the county council elections.

Labour remain the biggest party on Bridgend council, with 26 seats, but the Conservatives, who only had one seat, now have 11.

Former retail sector boss Andy Street won a tight contest with Labour for the West Midlands area around Britain's second city Birmingham, although former Labour cabinet member Andy Burnham won Greater Manchester.

Mr McDonnell insisted that Labour's vote "held up" in areas of Wales where Jeremy Corbyn had campaigned, and said there were signs that voters were developing more confidence in the party leader as he had the chance to get his message across.

"We have five weeks to win the general election so we can fundamentally transform Britain".

It was also a disappointing night for the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats who are hoping to mount a comeback on June 8.

The Conservatives were on 46 percent, up four points from last week's ORB poll, while Labour was unchanged on 31 percent ahead of a June 8 national election, the poll said.

In 2013, Labour won 39 seats and formed a majority with the Liberal Democrats who won 6 seats. Economists are anticipating a rebound in job growth after an unexpected dip in March capped off what we now know was the worst quarter for the United States economy in three years.

All the results were expected later on Friday, but at noon, the Conservatives had control of 10 authorities and 786 seats, a net gain of 215.

Party leaders will return to the campaign trail amid opposition fears of a Conservative landslide after the Tories made sweeping gains in the local elections.

The party has won a majority of seats in Lancashire County Council.

Early results in the polls, which voters often use as an opportunity to protest against the ruling party, showed May's Conservatives had gained more than 100 council seats and secured victory for their candidate as mayor for the West of England.

Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips, reporting from Westminster, said it was striking that the Conservatives had made gains in Scotland, pushing Labour - once the dominant political force in Scotland - into third place, behind the Scottish National Party and the Conservatives.

Much of the Conservative Party success has been attributed to the UKIP vote switching en masse to the Tories as the anti-EU and anti-immigration party suffered a complete wipe-out in Thursday's polls.

European Union leaders have dismissed the notion that the early elections would give the British government any leverage in the upcoming Brexit negotiations. If 1983 is to be the guide then, today's results could be optimistic as Labour seeks to read the tea leafs and understand what it will mean for its representation in Parliament.

Should the results as of midnight May 9 stand, the Green Party will be the deal-maker in any bill introduced in the legislature. A dialogue about how we do things, what we should do, how we want to shape the future of our province.

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $47.57 per barrel, up 24 cents, or 0.5 per cent from the last settlement. World oil demand growth for 2017 was left unchanged at 1.27 million barrels per day with non-OECD countries leading the growth.

Mnuchin said a trade deal announced Friday with China showed the success of the Trump administration's trade approach. Steps taken by President Trump on trade and regulation since taking office have left foreign counterparts jittery.

The world oil supply in 2016 averaged 95.82 mbpd, representing an increase of 0.34 mbd compared to a year ago. UBS oil analyst Giovanni Staunovo said he saw a 60 percent probability of OPEC extending output cuts.

Last time, Pakistan had moved the ICJ seeking its intervention over the shooting down of its naval aircraft. He said courts sometimes grant such orders which do not have any bearing on long-term running of the case.

Scientists once thought tiny marine plants known as phytoplankton could not thrive under sea ice in the frigid Arctic ocean. Researchers were able to determine the effects climate change has on moss by looking at samples of moss bank cores.

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The Nashville Predators host the Anaheim Ducks in game three of the NHL Western Conference final on May 16 at 8pm EST . He also said he has received lots of text messages from family and friends telling him they will still cheer him on.

The court was told that the AIMPLB would file an affidavit stating its decision and include a copy of the model Nikaah Nama. Talaq is a word which, if told three times in a row, equals - in the Islamic tradition - a divorce.